The Public Works

DEMCO Shoot in Indiana

At the Plainfield Public Library in Indiana, The Public Works collaborated with DEMCO (a unique library supplies provider) on an installation of our Supple Collection furnishings (a unique brand of sustainable library furniture, designed, fabricated and brought to market by The Public Works). Following this collaboration, DEMCO also hired us to return and document all of their recent projects…

Read morePosted on Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Supple hits Plainfield, Indiana

The Plainfield Library in Plainfield, Indiana was our latest Supple Collection install and also one of our biggest to date. An entire tractor-trailer of furniture made right here in our shop was loaded up and shipped out. Five TPW crew members then flew out to do the final assembly and installation. Pieces from the Supple Collection are now installed in several libraries in Colorado, Georgia, Texas and Indiana.

Read morePosted on Monday, October 24th, 2011

PLA

About a month ago (I couldn’t have begun to guess how long ago it was with how busy we’ve been) we attended the PLA (Public Library Association) trade show in Portland, Oregon.

This might be an obvious statement but… It was our first ever library tradeshow. As a group we’ve probably been to 30+ SIA (Snowsports Industries of America) shows (The annual ski and snowboard tradeshow that until this year has always been in Vegas). At SIA, scantily clad pornstars on rascal scooters racing…

Read morePosted on Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Cherry Creek Library

Our recent completion of furniture, end panels and shelving units was the perfect harmony of working together with the architects, librarians and the general contractor responsible for the remodel of the Cherry Creek Library in Denver. The Supple Collection installation monumental step forward involving several different in-line pieces and some new custom designs to exactly meet the needs of the library. The “Jelly” book display units, check-out desks and RFID self-check stations are all portable…

Read morePosted on Sunday, April 25th, 2010